What is the full chemical name of GHK-Cu?

This site's GHK-Cu profile lists the full name Copper Tripeptide-1 (GHK-Cu). GHK is the sequence glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine; Cu names the copper ion. A 1988 fibroblast paper cited on that page spells the complex as glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine-Cu2+. Molecular weights on the profile are 340.38 daltons for the free peptide and 402.92 daltons for the copper complex. Copper peptide is listed as an alias. The full name is a chemical label, not an approval and not a finding that an injectable has been tested the way a cream has.

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